German

NAME

DESCRIPTION

This reference page describes the coded character set (codeset), locale,
device, and other kinds of support for the German language.

Codesets

The operating system supports the following codesets for German by means
of locales, codeset converters, or both:
ISO 8859-1 (ISO Latin 1)

ISO8859-1
is the string that represents this codeset
in the names of locales and codeset converters. See
iso8859-1(5)
for
more information.
UCS-2, UCS-4, and UTF-8

UCS-2,
UCS-4, and
UTF-8
are the strings that represent these encoding formats in names
of locales and codeset converters. See
Unicode(5)
for more information.
PC code pages

cp437,
cp850, and
cp1252
are the strings that represent these encoding formats in the names
of codeset converters. See
code_page(5)
for more information.

See the
i18n_intro(5)
and
l10n_intro(5)
reference pages for introductory
information on codesets. The
iconv_intro(5)
reference page discusses codeset
converters and how to use them.

Locales

The operating system provides the following German locales for different
countries:
de_CH.ISO8859-1
and
de_CH.UTF-8, for Switzerland
de_DE.ISO8859-1
and
de_DE.UTF-8, for Germany

Only the
.UTF-8
locales support the Euro monetary
sign.

You can use the
locale
command (see
locale(1))
to find out which locales are installed on your system. See
i18n_intro(5)
for information on setting locale from the operating system command line.

For the Common Desktop Environment (CDE), you set locale by setting
the session language. To do this, use the Language menu accessed from the
Options button of the Login window.

Keyboards

The operating system supports the following VT style and PC style keyboards
with German characters printed on the keys:

VT Style (105/108 keys)

PC Style (102 keys)

LK201-LG

LK442-PG

LK201-NG

LK444-AG

LK401-AG

LK471-AG

LK411-AG

LK47W-AG

LK450-AG

LK97W-AG

LK451-AG

PCXAL-AG

LK461-AG

PCXAL-FG

LK46W-AG

PCXAL-GG

PCXAL-KG

PCXAL-TT

For your keyboard to function correctly with your system, you must load
a keyboard mapping table (keymap) that is appropriate for your keyboard's
model and language. If you load a keymap that does not correspond to your
keyboard's model and language, your keyboard behavior is unpredictable. The
label located on the bottom surface of a keyboard usually specifies its model
(five letter code) and language (two letter code). See the
keyboard(5)
reference page for general information on keymaps and instructions for loading
them in different formats. The following tables supply German-specific information
that you need when loading keymaps.

Selecting keymaps in
xkb
format:

For VT Style

For PC Style

Keyboard:

Select:

Keyboard:

Select:

LK201-LG

lk201

LK442-PG

lk442 or lk44x

LK201-NG

lk201

LK444-AG

lk444 or lk44x

LK401-AG

lk401

LK471-AG

lk471ag or lk471

LK411-AG

lk411

LK47W-AG

lk471ag or lk471

LK450-AG

lk450

LK97W-AG

lk97wag or lk97w

LK451-AG

lk450

PCXAL-AG

pcxalag

LK461-AG

lk461

PCXAL-FG

pcxalfg

LK46W-AG

lk461

PCXAL-GG

pcxalgg

PCXAL-KG

pcxalkg

PCXAL-TT

pcxaltt

Selecting keymaps in
xmodmap
format:

For VT Style

For PC Style

Keyboard:

Select:

Keyboard:

Select:

LK201-LG

austrian german lk201lg dp

LK442-PG

austrian german lk444kg

austrian german lk201lg tw

LK444-AG

austrian german lk444kg

LK201-NG

austrian german lk201ng dp

LK471-AG

austrian german pcxalgg

austrian german lk201ng tw

LK47W-AG

austrian german pcxalgg

LK401-AG

austrian german lk401ag

PCXAL-AG

austrian german pcxalgg

LK411-AG

austrian german lk411ag

PCXAL-FG

austrian german pcxalgg

LK450-AG

austrian german lk411ag

PCXAL-GG

austrian german pcxalgg

LK451-AG

austrian german lk411ag

PCXAL-KG

austrian german pcxalgg

LK461-AG

austrian german lk411ag

PCXAL-TT

austrian german pcxalgg

LK46W-AG

austrian german lk411ag

Keyboards can have keys with characters printed on both the left and
right half of the keycap. The way you set or use your keyboard to send different
sets of characters varies from one keyboard model to another. Furthermore,
your keyboard allows you to enter more characters than those printed on the
keycaps. Refer to the
keyboard(5)
reference page for information
on how to enter characters.

Printers

PostScript fonts for languages supported by the ISO 8859-1 codeset are
printer resident.